Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-03-17
OFFICERS ELECTED.

Close OF the Encampment or the Kansas
---~s e.. a. R--Omcers Elected
ABILENE, Kan, March 1.-THE work OF
elections occupied the greatest portion of
yesterday and resulted as follows: T. H
Seward. department commander; J. w
Freighan, senior vice commander; Lafe c.
Smith, junior vice commander; Henry G.
Gill, surgeon and medical director; Ber-
nard Kelley, chaplain; council OF admins
tration, o. H. Coulter, Council Grove;
John Fulton Sabetha: A. L. Voorhees,,
Russell; ]. N. Stone, Lawrence; R. g.
Ward. Sedan
Delegates district, ]. T. Brady
Sabetha, and T. NJ. Pierce. Atchison; Sec
ond district, j. NJ. Lanbocker, Fort Scott,
and w. H. Young, Wyandotte; Third dis
trict, F. NJ. Hill, Cedarvale, and K. p. Nc
Gregor, Baxter Springs; Fourth district,
II. Y. Deyendorf. Topeka, and David Tay-
lor, Emporia; Fifth district, G. NJ. St-attor,-
Clay Center, and Arson Miller, Cambridge;
Sixth district, w. H. Caldwell, Beloit;
Mark ]. Kelly, Port Edmund; Seventh dis
trict, c. NJ. Rollins, Lyons; S. R. Peters,
Newton; at large, ex-Gov. George T. An
thony, Leavenworth; j. d. Barker, Girards
]. G. Word, Wellington; A. s. Campbell,
Topeka.
Committee on Transportation-Lu cian
Smith, Hiawatha; A. B. Benson, Ottawa
s. @. Mcdowell, Columbus; A. E. Richter,
Council Grove; NJ. V. B. Sheafer, Concor-
dia; L. S. Tucker, Cawl1er City; ID. S. Cook
Kingman.
Committee on Permanent Location of En-
campment, to Receive Propositions for De-
partment Grounds-T. Brady, Sabetha; w.
A. Gephart, Ellsworth; A. II. Greene,
Cedarville; Bernard Kelley, Emporia;
Henry Booth, Larned; G. e. Lofiand, Min
neapolis, and E. j. Thayer, lola.
Among the resolutions adopted were res
olutions of respect to the memory of Gen
IN adnnfa6
by rising and silent vote
All resolutions relating to pensions were
tabled. The committee appointed to coz
slder the propositions made for a perma-
nent encampment and the acceptance OF
cartain proffered donations OF land,
reported, asking time until the next
encampment, as the interests were SO
great that hasty action would be unwise-
The committee is empowered to visit cities
making like propositions and to consider
allooffers The usual resolution of thanks +.
to the good people of Abilene, Marshal's
band and the press were adopted. Largo
numbers of members left on the afternoon
trains, but enough remained to crowd the
opera house when the officers were in
stalled, which was joint ceremony of the
Grand Army and the Women's Relief
Corps, also the Sons of Veterans joining.
The officers of the Woman's Relief corps
for the ensuing year are: President, Mrs
dent, Mrs Emma Alrich, Cawker City;
junior vice president, Mrs. Rachel McDivitt,
Abilene; secretary, Mrs. Emma Dalton,
Winfield; treasurer, Mrs. L. N. Wherry,e
Topeka; inspector, Mrs. Julia Mccarthy,
Topeka; counsellor, Mrs. M. r. Wickens,
Sabetha; chaplain, Mrs. Emily Jenkins,
Topeka; instituting and inspecting officer,
Mrs. Ellen Willard, Pittsburg.
Department Commander Seward made
the following appointments: A. H. LINER
lex, of Winfield Assistant Adjutant Gen
eral; A. b. Ament of Winfield, Assistant
Quartermaster. Post Department Com
mander Nj. Stewart was, in accordance with
custom, presented with an elegant gold
diamond studded badge of the Grand
Army of the Republic. The encamp-
ment was then turned over TO Mrs.
M. R. Wickens, retiring president of
Relief Corps, who installed the officers of
that organization. At the close of the in
stallation the ladies of the Relief Corps
presented Mrs. Wicl1ens with silver tea
Set complete.
There was a shortning of ceremonies at
its close by an alarm of fire. which greatly
disturbed the audience, but Commander
Seward finally quoted the boys and
brought the sixth annual encompment to a